Yuletide
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Yuletide is a Secret Santa project for rare fandoms. It has existed since 2003 and asks that participants write at least 1000 words of giftfic in an obscure fandom, given a single person's requested fandoms, characters, and any notes they might offer.
[edit] Participation
In 2006, 1052 stories were written in 549 different fandoms by 902 participants. About 60% of participants uploaded their stories on the last day. [1]
In 2007, 1279 people originally signed up to participate. That year, 2042 stories were written in 734 different fandoms by 1291 participants (including pinch hitters).
[edit] Discussion
On January 1, 2007, the administrators announced that in the future, "if you sign up for Yuletide and upload a story, you are agreeing to let us keep that story in the archive, for good." [2] Although the administrators will adjust or delete all identifying information on a story if requested, they will not be removed from the archive, even upon request. This decision helped to prompt a fannish discussion about ownership. (On January 6th, for instance, metafandom linked to a post by LiveJournal user celandineb on Fanfic and ownership rights.)
